Spathosternum prasiniferum
Spathosternum prasiniferum is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Indomalaya.
Subspecies
These subspecies belong to the species Spathosternum prasiniferum:Spathosternum prasiniferum prasiniferum Spathosternum prasiniferum sinense Uvarov, 1931Spathosternum prasiniferum xizangensis Yin, 1982Spathosternum prasiniferum yunnanense Wei & Zheng, 2005
Description
Colour: Generally greenish in fresh material; a broad characteristic black band running from behind eyes to pronotum along lateral carinae; tegmina light brown with longitudinal central pale marking; wings hyaline, clouded towards apex; hind femur greenish or rufotestaceous; hind tibia green. Head: Convex; fastigium rounded with lateral carinulae slightly raised, more pronounced in males; foveolae obsolete; weak median carina extending over vertex; frontal ridge narrow, parallel sided, sulcated throughout; antenna 21 segmented, shorter than head and pronotum taken together.Mesosoma: Pronotum flat, tricarinate, three sulci present, median carina traversed only by hind sulci; prozona almost equal to metazona; posterior margin of pronotum angulated; prosternal process antero-posteriorly compressed, bilobed, inclined backwards, base narrower; mesosternal lobes separate; metasternal lobes contiguous; hind tibia long, hardly dilated, 10-11 spines apart from apical one.Metasoma: Cerci short, cylindrical; supra-anal plate blunt with longitudinal groove.